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While this isn't dangerous,
particularly not in the controlled sandboxed research environment,
it points to potentially serious future problems where an AI agent left unsupervised
might accidentally create malware
or alter important infrastructure code in ways that are potentially catastrophic.
It's basically the high-tech equivalent of hiring the boss's son for a do-nothing job and for some reason
giving him top-level admin access and just letting him go to town.
What do you mean you deleted System32, Kyle?
Ice cream? Not hot.
Quick bits? Very, very hot.
Asus has accidentally hinted at the release of AMD's Ryzen 9000 X3D chips
on the new site for Asus' upcoming 800 series motherboards.
We say accidentally because in addition to the X3D chips being mentioned in the metadata of the site,
Asus specifically put Ryzen 9000 X3D into the site's URL.
No release date has been given for the 9000 X3D CPU series,
but the 800 series motherboards should be launching in the next few weeks.
AMD also has an event planned for October 10th, so that's another option.
Or instead of speculating,
we can just wait for Asus to launch their next website.
A new version of Nvidia's RTX 4070 is hitting shelves,
equipped with slightly slower GDDR6 memory instead of GDDR6X.
But none of the eight new variants announced so far
clearly display that information in the product name or on the box.
They thought it would be a fun little game to hide that tidbit in the product specs for you.
You guys like games, right?
To be fair, the difference is small.
It's going from 21 to 20 gigabits per second,
and Nvidia says it shouldn't impact performance.
What's a gigabit between friends?
Nvidia G-Sync enabled monitors are about to get cheaper, we hope.
Team Green has partnered with MediaTek to not only bring their newer,
better G-Sync Pulsar to new monitors,
but to also integrate G-Sync into MediaTek's widely used display scaler chips.
That means that the monitors won't need one of Nvidia's proprietary G-Sync modules, reducing cost.
I mean, AMD's FreeSync is also still an option,
which, despite what Nvidia's marketing might have you believe,
is basically the same as G-Sync.
I mean, they even rhyme.
FreeSync's just like G-Sync.
3D is coming back, thanks to Samsung.
The company officially unveiled their Odyssey 3D monitors at Gamescom after teasing them at CES.
The monitors feature glasses-free 3D at sizes of 27 and 37 inches,
and the display can be switched from 2D to 3D seamlessly,
changing it back to being just a 4K QLED 165 hertz monitor.
Samsung says the Odyssey 3D will be available by the end of the year,
but they haven't revealed the price,
probably because it'll be super expensive.
But can you put a price on a technological trend that already died once? Thrice.
Honestly, attempts for 3D, it just comes back every 20 years.
It's literally a 20-year cycle.
Like, 80s. It's like my dad.
And Twitch launched its new Dropins collaboration feature,
designed to make it quicker and easier for streamers to join each other's live streams.
Twitch then immediately fumbled this unambiguous win by making it impossible to opt out.
Streamers can temporarily disable the features,
but they have to disable it again every time they stream.
Of course, they could just ignore the call notifications,
but it's a bit like Ninja standing outside of your house,
staring at you through the window.
And no matter how many times you close the blinds,
they slam open again an hour later,
and he's still standing there.
And I'll be standing outside of your house
until you come back on Friday for more tech news.
I wanted to surprise you with a little gift today. Okay,
in this episode, I'm gonna list all my favorite things about you.
Number one
ah...
i guess we'll do tech news.
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested last weekend
on suspicion of failing to moderate criminal activity on the messaging app
But on Wednesday that suspicion was upgraded to preliminary charges
as Durov was released on bail and barred from leaving France pending further investigation.
The move seemed sudden,
but it makes some sense given that back in March,
Durov told the Financial Times he doesn't think they should be policing the way people express themselves
unless they cross red lines.
Which red lines?
Unclear.
Although it seems like one red line he won't cross is being a tad more specific.
And the specifics matter here,
especially concerning Telegram's optional use of encryption,
which was implemented without proper declaration,
according to a statement from French authorities that we translated into English.
So hopefully we got that right.
A declaration that other encryption using platforms
like WhatsApp and Signal have apparently done properly.
And now they're worried about Telegram making them look bad by association.
Debate over encryption has been raging in the EU,
especially after they just passed all these laws that let them boss tech giants around.
What? Are we gonna let encrypted platforms get a pass by just putting a sock on the door?
Don't look in here.
The EU is also investigating whether Telegram deliberately undercounted its users
to stay under the 45 million user threshold,
which would subject the service to stricter regulation.
So we'll see how that goes.
All in all, this is a weird story,
not just because it's complex,
but also because while the EU has gotten serious about
holding companies responsible for content hosted on their platforms,